With property prices losing touch with reality in many markets, some children have been leaning on their parents for a deposit, simply just to get access to the market they wouldn’t otherwise be able to crack. It’s something that might be termed a living inheritance. But is physical real estate the only way for young people to set themselves up well financially? As a parent willing to contribute to your son/daughter’s deposit on physical real estate, would you consider, as an alternative, contributing to their investment portfolio?